Social-Ecological Systems

Troubled waters at the frontier: Mapping forest-dependent people's access to surface water in the Dry Chaco
Several studies have demonstrated that agricultural commodity frontier expansion impacts local populations’ access to terrestrial …
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Same, but different: similar states of forest structure in temperate mountain regions of Europe despite different social-ecological forest disturbance regimes

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Ecosystem services provided by mountain forests are critically linked to forest structure. Social-ecological disturbance …

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What is still at stake in the Gran Chaco? Social-ecological impacts of alternative land-system futures in a global deforestation hotspot
Commodity agriculture continues to spread into tropical dry forests globally, eroding their social-ecological integrity. Understanding …
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Reinstating freshwater megafauna populations can facilitate ecosystem restoration
Freshwater megafauna, such as sturgeons, giant catfishes, river dolphins, hippopotami, crocodylians, large turtles, and giant …
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Determinants of livestock depredation risk by Persian leopards in southern Iran
Human-wildlife conflict is a major conservation challenge worldwide, with negative consequences for people and wildlife alike. Large …
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An actor-centered, scalable land system typology for addressing biodiversity loss in the world’s tropical dry woodlands
Land use is a key driver of the ongoing biodiversity crisis and therefore also a major opportunity for its mitigation. However, …
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Advancing protected area effectiveness assessments by disentangling social-ecological interactions: A case study from the Luangwa Valley, Zambia
Protected and conserved areas (PCAs) target at biodiversity conservation and human well-being, but often reflect low levels of …
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Agricultural intensification, Indigenous stewardship and land sparing in tropical dry forests
Agricultural intensification, an increase in per-area productivity, may spare forests otherwise lost to agricultural expansion. Yet …
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Priority areas for promoting co-benefits between conservation and the traditional use of mammals and birds in the Chaco
As ambitious new targets to increase area-based conservation are discussed, there is a growing concern that such an expansion might …
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Frontier metrics for a process-based understanding of deforestation dynamics

Agricultural expansion into tropical and subtropical forests often leads to major social-ecological trade-offs. Yet, despite ever-more …

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